tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post42938329077919143..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Montage From an American FuneralROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-58144711470569580552009-08-31T05:28:45.969-04:002009-08-31T05:28:45.969-04:00This is a lovely tribute. I adored Ted Kennedy, a...This is a lovely tribute. I adored Ted Kennedy, and I was so saddened by his death. My heart goes out to his family, to all of us who've lost a truly great man.<br /><br />I'm glad that few dragged up Chappaquiddick. That was an accident, he was young, drunk, mourning his brother and probably trying desperately to be close to Bobby by being close to his former staffer, Mary Jo Kopechne. No doubt he didn't do the right thing immediately, but few would have in his position. He did soon enough, and he faced that tragedy and his momentary weakness with a courage that few among us possess. He paid for that many times over in his life, in the good that he did, and in the good that he *was.*Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-50429941243916318972009-08-30T10:27:53.496-04:002009-08-30T10:27:53.496-04:00The White House and Congress has been, and still i...The White House and Congress has been, and still is, inhabited by flawed men. Kennedy was no exception. He confronted his shortcomings in public, and then continued to try and bring out the best of America.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-24029259584388578742009-08-29T22:28:25.050-04:002009-08-29T22:28:25.050-04:00Great post, especially the JFK quote.
Twenty year...Great post, especially the JFK quote.<br /><br />Twenty years ago, while living in New Hampshire, I remember a bus ride conversation with a Massachusetts man, who didn't much like the Kennedys, about Ted. The question was raised why Mass residents continued to elect Ted given the man's flaws and relentless tabloid slime hurled at him over so many years. <br /><br />The bus rider's answer was simple and it boiled down to great service. Ted Kennedy had a dedicated staff and he worked them hard. The Kennedys' style of politics required close personal interaction with ordinary constituents. If you called the Senator's office with a problem with your VA benefits, for example, somebody talked to you and got back to you with results.<br /><br />It's only an anecdote but the TV coverage of the Kennedys, yesterday, greeting and talking with people who lined up to pay their respects, taking time to talk with folks, backs up the notion that, for the Kennedys, politics was and is personal. It's about how people are getting along in life.jfhttp://blog.sustainablemiddleclass.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-57783579672287550062009-08-29T19:01:31.399-04:002009-08-29T19:01:31.399-04:00The passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has broug...The passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has brought back to mind the terrible day of Nov. 22nd, 1963. I know in my heart that there are people who care for the wellbeing of freedom, liberty, and justice here in our United States of America! May Senator Edward M. Kennedy R.I.P.! Amen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800035935873718505noreply@blogger.com